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scourge n.灾难；祸患；鞭子vt 鞭笞；折磨；使痛苦；严惩. (1) 战乱之后瘟疫又接踵而来。(2) 通货膨胀是社会上的最大祸害。(3) 那残忍的船长鞭打不服从命令的水手。 As a verb, scourge means to cause suffering. Not surprisingly, it comes from the old French word meaning "to whip." A dictatorship could scourge and oppress its citizens, and an infectious disease could scourge an entire community. When you see scourge, think "suffering."

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英 [skɜːdʒ] 美 [skɜːrdʒ] (1) After the scourge of war came the scourge of disease.(2) Inflation was the greatest scourge of society.(3) The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor. A scourge is a whip — or anything else that is punishing and dreadful. You could confront "a scourge of corruption" or "a scourge of hunger." 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]灾难；祸害 A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people.   [oft N of n]...the best chance in 20 years to end the scourge of terrorism...20 年来消灭恐怖主义祸害的最佳机会Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.毒品是破坏我们社会的一大祸害。2[VERB 动词]使痛苦；危害；折磨 If something scourges a place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people.   [V n]Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world.经济混乱使得战后的世界陷入水深火热之中。

英语单词	scourge
英美音标	英 [skɜːdʒ] 美 [skɜːrdʒ]
中文释义	n.灾难；祸患；鞭子 vt 鞭笞；折磨；使痛苦；严惩.
英语例句	(1) After the scourge of war came the scourge of disease. (2) Inflation was the greatest scourge of society. (3) The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.
中文例句	(1) 战乱之后瘟疫又接踵而来。 (2) 通货膨胀是社会上的最大祸害。 (3) 那残忍的船长鞭打不服从命令的水手。
vocabulary简明	A scourge is a whip — or anything else that is punishing and dreadful. You could confront "a scourge of corruption" or "a scourge of hunger."
vocabulary扩展	As a verb, scourge means to cause suffering. Not surprisingly, it comes from the old French word meaning "to whip." A dictatorship could scourge and oppress its citizens, and an infectious disease could scourge an entire community. When you see scourge, think "suffering."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]灾难；祸害 A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people. [oft N of n] ...the best chance in 20 years to end the scourge of terrorism... 20 年来消灭恐怖主义祸害的最佳机会 Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society. 毒品是破坏我们社会的一大祸害。 2 [VERB 动词]使痛苦；危害；折磨 If something scourges a place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people. [V n] Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world. 经济混乱使得战后的世界陷入水深火热之中。

Scourge Society Suffering Group People N 英 Skɜːdʒ] 美